The Irish Show Jumping team qualified for the Nations Cup final following an excellent third place finish in Friday’s semi final in France.
Taylor Vard’s team of Thomas Ryan, Jessica Burke, Kevin Gallagher and Jenny Rankin finished the two rounds of jumping with just four faults.
Sligo’s Kevin Gallagher with Ballypatrick Flamenco (ISH), owned by Greg Broderick, jumped foot-perfect double clear rounds.
Galway’s Jessica Burke with Namamia, owned by Liam Nicholas was also clear in the first round.
A jump-off was needed to decide the winners with Belgium coming out on top ahead of Spain in second and Ireland in third.
The remaining qualifying places for the EEF Nations Cup final went to Sweden and Portugal.
Five more teams can qualify for the final at next weekend’s Budapest Nations Cup in Hungary.